You can now buy a fanless Broadwell PC that can be upgraded too

Shuttle DS57U consumes under 15W

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Shuttle has unveiled its first mini PC with an Intel Broadwell chip on-board that benefits from completely fanless operation.

Measuring in at 7.9 x 1.5 x 6.5-inches, the barebones Shuttle DS57U consumes less than 15W of power thanks to a 14-nm architecture motherboard. Behind the easy-to-remove steel case panels there is a 2.5-inch slot for a HDD or SSD, two SO-DIMM sockets and a mini PCI-express slot perfect for an mSATA module.

In that sense the product is obviously designed with a certain level of customisation in mind and even though the default processor option is an Intel Celeron 3205U dual-core chip clocked at 1.5GHz per core, there is the chance to upgrade to an Core i3, i5 or i7 if desired.

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It can also support up to 16GB of RAM and has a range of slots including two Intel Gigabit Ethernet, two USB 3.0, four USB 2.0, a card reader, one DisplayPort, one HDMI, and two audio ports. There is even a multi-pin connector for remote power-on at the rear of the machine.

Shuttle has already opened up sales for the DS57U at selected retailers in Europe with an RRP €192 (around £141, $217, or AU$280)